A first submission in my new project to show what music means to me.  It so often puts words to my feelings that can’t be expressed. In 1979 and again in 1983, I had the most momentous and surreal experience of my life.  I became a father.  I can remember when my 2 daughters were first born, the reality of what had happened hit me like a tsumani wave.  There was nothing that could have prepared me for the instantaneous connection I experienced with them both.  There will never again be quite a momentous experience for me than those 2 moments of watching God give a new life, a new…

After a few decades on planet Earth, a song like this one starts making more and more sense. Many people see judgementalism when a Christian proclaims that we live in a sin cursed world. I experience it more as a sadness. We are all in this trap. We all sin because it is our nature. Only God can save us from sin. Anyhow, this song offers three glimpses into the world of sin and the pain it causes. The first example is a young, single mom suffering the consequences of sin in her life. The powerful lyrics describe “years of bad decisions running down her face.” The second example shows…

They were glued together body and soulThat much more with their backs up against the wall Now this is going to be a really strange story. I’ve shared in other places how exciting my time in Seattle was when I responded to Gods call to come here to attend a church/Bible college in the area. It was like watching the Living God and His Son Jesus Christ become doubly alive in my life. Well, where God moves, Satan responds to disrupt and destroy. In 1988, sin in our camp allowed much license for Satan to come in and destroy the ministry we were a part of. The church split in…

Rewinding the timeline back to 1973 again, I find myself having recently lost my first love relationship which I thought would never end, my home because I had now joined the Air Force and struggling from having moved around the country since I was 10 years old. Moving often at a young age tends to remove a certain stability in your life and makes you begin to feel like you don’t know where home is. As I mentioned in another video in this series, I was very deeply depressed at this time in my life and felt lost in so many ways. To keep myself company, I bought a small…

This song was written by Ashley Campbell, the daughter of the one and only Glen Campbell. When Glen developed Alzheimer’s Disease, the family pulled in close. Ashley, in particular, was very close to her dad. Expressing her heart toward him, she promised that when he couldn’t remember things, “Daddy, don’t you worry, I’ll do the remembering.” How sweet. I’ve heard this song many times and follow Ashley on social media because her devotion to her dad touched my heart. My own dad struggled with dementia as he aged. I can understand to some degree what she has gone through. The ones we have known in the past that were our…

My daughter Sarah just turned me on to this song. This is kind of a summary of all the other songs in the category “My Musical Journey”. I often feel trapped in the past, not able to let go of things in the past or resolve things in the past. This song reminds me I’m not meant to. Easier said than done but I’m glad she said it. It puts a voice to the struggle.